NHL Fight Stats

Updated as of June 17, 2026

Here are some stats so you can see how this year is going, and where it's possibly headed.

Regular Season Stats

Season	Games	Fights*	Fights Per Game	Games With Fights	% of Games With Fights	Games With More Than One Fight	# of players who fought**
2025-26	1343	307	0.23	257	19.14%	42	288
2024-25	1320	300	0.23	260	19.70%	34	267
2023-24	1313	311	0.24	266	20.26%	38	252
2022-23	1316	333	0.25	274	20.82%	42	275
2021-22	1414	331	0.23	276	19.52%	49	262
2020-21	961	196	0.20	164	17.07%	27	228
2019-20	1272	194	0.15	171	13.44%	21	223
2018-19	1273	226	0.18	195	15.32%	26	246
2017-18	1289	280	0.22	227	17.61%	41	265
2016-17	1241	372	0.30	306	24.66%	55	285
2015-16	1239	344	0.28	288	23.24%	50	269
2014-15	1238	391	0.32	331	26.74%	45	276
2013-14	1237	469	0.38	366	29.59%	78	288
2012-13	738	347	0.47	264	35.77%	66	245
2011-12	1244	546	0.44	423	34.00%	98	321
2010-11	1230	645	0.52	458	37.24%	117	348
2009-10	1230	714	0.58	493	40.08%	171	341
2008-09	1230	733	0.60	509	41.38%	172	354
2007-08	1230	664	0.54	473	38.46%	143	324
2006-07	1230	497	0.40	384	31.22%	87	292
2005-06	1230	466	0.38	357	29.02%	80	276
2004-05	0	0		0		0	0
2003-04	1230	789	0.64	506	41.14%	172	340
2002-03	1230	668	0.54	464	37.72%	139	321
2001-02	1230	803	0.65	519	42.20%	172	348
2000-01	1230	684	0.56	469	38.13%	155	329

Preseason Stats

Season	Games	Fights*	Fights Per Game	Games With Fights	% of Games With Fights	Games With More Than One Fight	# of players who fought**
2025-26	104	50	0.48	32	30.77%	9	83
2024-25	105	40	0.38	30	28.57%	7	72
2023-24	111	32	0.29	26	23.42%	5	59
2022-23	101	34	0.34	25	24.75%	7	60
2021-22	103	43	0.42	31	30.10%	9	72
2020-21	0	0		0		0	0
2019-20	104	37	0.36	30	28.85%	6	65
2018-19	108	31	0.29	23	21.30%	6	56
2017-18	108	42	0.39	35	32.41%	6	77
2016-17	105	58	0.55	40	38.10%	15	98
2015-16	104	56	0.54	40	38.46%	13	98
2014-15	105	72	0.69	46	43.81%	18	116
2013-14	104	100	0.96	59	56.73%	20	149
2011-12	108	72	0.67	49	45.37%	16	115
2010-11	106	115	1.08	67	63.21%	33	183
2009-10	109	164	1.50	74	67.89%	50	209
2008-09	111	151	1.36	70	63.06%	44	183
2007-08	105	121	1.15	63	60.00%	30	164
2006-07	105	92	0.88	55	52.38%	27	138
2005-06	111	108	0.97	67	60.36%	29	138
2004-05	0	0		0		0	0
2003-04	124	137	1.10	79	63.71%	35	168
2002-03	120	143	1.19	78	65.00%	43	165
2001-02	109	122	1.12	67	61.47%	35	168
2000-01	122	126	1.03	72	59.02%	31	167

* A fight is counted when at least one player involved receives a fighting major.

** This is the number of players who have been involved in a fight during the course of the listed season, and does not always exactly match the number of players who have received a fighting major.

Note: preseason stats could be slightly off due to incomplete boxscores from older seasons.